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thank you mr stallman!!

ive always said were giving the powers that be more knowledge about us and ability to control us than the despot kings of old could have ever dreamed of. this guy calls it stalins dream



Why free software evangelist Richard Stallman is haunted by Stalin’s dream
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Most non-free software, as far as we can tell, spies on the user. This is not a rare exception that would be shocking. What is shocking is that non-free software comes from an industry with no conscience (and) is ready to spy on people whenever it gets the chance. One example is Amazon’s eBook reader… it reports everything the user does to Amazon’s service. It sends the title of the book, so even if the user got the book from someplace other than Amazon, it still knows the user is reading that book and it sends the page number. It knows about how the user progresses through the book. If the user highlights any text or enters any note, those are sent to Amazon’s service. Total surveillance. This is not the only example.

All the five successful non-free operating systems spy on the user. I am talking about Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Chrome. Each one spies and sends information about the user in different ways. The applications spy on users too.


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Thanks... Being aware of this helps a Little. for instance on my kindle i never connect it wireless. leave airplane mode on permanently. Amazon get nutn' from me. And when i found how expensive ebooks from amazon are and crippled wth DRM .. Nope homey don't play that.

I load all my ebooks via cable (using linux) and strip any DRM on 'em so as to easily share and read on any device i have now or in the future.

He is right almost without exception the Hacked/pirated (free) version of commercial (not free) software is always better, not being as i call crippleware

My ms-windows is hacked to never to phone home, works much better for reinstalls.

It is up to us the consumers to vote with our wallets and not that pay for that shit. if the software is not sold but leased (most OS) steal/hack it or move on to linux, because if leasing yer is agreeing to they own you.

My god i thought windows was kinda of king of spying, BUT Android is an intrinsic spying machine.
I'm learning not to do emails, account managing, or any personal or money stuff on or over my android phone. forget encryption on it, do not trust any encryption software that is not open source and complied by you personally. And i can't find any out there for android. not coincidence methinks.

And now cars spy on us..
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Many non-free programs are designed to manipulate users psychologically so they get hooked and they have to keep using it. This is often found in games. Facebook does it too. If the program were free, we could modify it to be less addictive and then you would be able to use it as much as you want to, as much as you really think you should, instead of having to fight against yourself to stop.
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its a bit too simple for me, too much of a black white context

and here is why
ppl who know their kung fu on their box have better stuff to do than to play the blaming game, they have all already forgotten what its like to establish a connection with any server on windows without anti virus software, anti malware, anti this anti that firewall , at least 2 and so on and so on
sure this leads to the question who is the actual masochist - from my point of view - sitting infront of a debian box

the truth is , man is a lazy piece of viagra fuck, and mankind knows that, and there will be always someone exploiting it, hell i would too if i would know how ... i simply dont know bc my base attitude is a good one, i cant blame the dumb in this case - just the lazy ones
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its particularly infuriating for us westerners deran

NOT having a choice...
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Apple was the pioneer of censoring apps. The user of the iPhone, for the first time in a generally usable computer, could not freely install the applications of her choice. The person was limited to installing apps approved by Apple from its App Store. Apple practised this censorship power arbitrarily based on its own commercial interests and political stances until 2017. Then, China ordered Apple to begin blocking VPN applications because those can be used to get through the great firewall, and Apple discovered it could not disobey China’s order. This was because Apple had given itself the power of censorship and China knew that, so Apple could not deny. If users were able to install whatever programs they wished, then Apple would have had an excuse: ‘China, you know that we always want to make you happy, but in this case, we cannot. We have no control over what programs users install in their iPhones. We are unable to stop them. Please forgive us.’ But because Apple had arrogantly taken the power to censor, China knew it and Apple was compelled to censor for China because of its own wrongdoing in the past.
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so the news this week is about this guy who was instrumental in the http protocols creations is making noise about the whole system

the comment he made is interesting
he says you shouldn't even be allowed to sell your data

likened it to selling one of the rights you have via the constitution

hadn't heard that before
compelling I think
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